Will upgrading to OS X Lion break existing Java applications?

[Loren Cahlander]

Hello Ivan,

Thank you for the info.

I think that we will need to test against Lion, but it is good to know that there is some coverage of Java.  We just have to see if there are any gotchas on this one.

Loren

On Jul 8, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Ivan Nikitin wrote:

> Hi Loren,
> 
> I've looked at dev build #3. It doesn't ship with a JVM preinstalled but
> offers to download it when running a Java app (~150 Mb).
> 
> My app worked well, except segmented buttons in the toolbar - they look
> awful. However, this may be caused by a virtual machine I've used to run the
> Lion.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ivan
> 
> 2011/7/8 Loren Cahlander <loren.cahlander at gmail.com>
> 
>> Hello folks,
>> 
>> I am new to the macosx-port-dev mailing list.  I would like to thank all of
>> you for the work that you are doing with the OpenJDK project.
>> 
>> I have a question regarding the upcoming Lion release.  Since this is an
>> upgrade, will existing Java applications work after upgrading or will the
>> upgrade remove the current Java support?
>> 
>> Is the OpenJDK port to Mac OS X stable and ready for Lion?
>> 
>> I am a contributor to the eXist Open Source XML database project (
>> http://exist-db.org) and it runs on the JVM.  I would like to be able to
>> inform our community on whether to upgrade to Lion or to hold off.
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Loren Cahlander
>> 
>>